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Maharashtra Exit Poll Full Results 2019 | The India Today Axis My India exit poll results have predicted a major victory for BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in Maharashtra. The NDA is likely to bag 38-42 seats in Maharashtra while UPA may manage to win in 6-10 seats. Maharashtra, which has 48 Lok Sabha constituencies, voted in four phases – on 11, 18, 23 and 29 April. Counting of votes will be held on 23 May, which will reveal if the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be a winning formula, as it was in the case of Maharashtra Assembly polls. Meanwhile Congress has taken various steps to ensure victory in the state, including appointing Murli Deora as Mumbai Congress chief and giving actress Urmila Matondkar a Lok sabha ticket. The other major parties in the fray are Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). Voting was held on 11 April for seven seats, namely Wardha, Ramtek, Nagpur, Bhandara-Gondiya, Gadchiroli-Chimur, Chandrapur and Yavatmal-Washim, all in Vidarbha region. The seats that voted in the second phase on 18 April were Buldana, Akola, Amravati, Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani, Beed, Osmanabad, Latur and Solapur constituencies. Most of these seats fall under Marathwada region. Click here for LIVE updates on Exit polls On 23 April, Jalgaon, Raver, Jalna, Aurangabad, Raigad, Pune, Baramati, Ahmednagar, Madha, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Kolhapur and Hatkanangle voted. The final phase of polling was held on 29 April in Nandurbar, Dhule, Dindori, Nashik, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South-Central, Mumbai South, Maval, Shirur and Shirdi. Voter turnouts of 63.04 percent, 62.85 percent, 62.36 percent and 57.33 percent were recorded in the first, second, third and fourth phases of voting in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra Exit Poll Full Results 2019: ABP survey predicts clear majority with 34 seats for BJP-Shiv Sena combine
Maharashtra Exit Poll Full Results 2019: The India Today Axis My India exit poll results have predicted a major victory for BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in Maharashtra
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BJP to win 38 seats in Maharashtra: Today’s Chanakya
Today’s Chanakya forecasts 38 seats for BJP in Maharashtra. The Congress is predicted to win 10 seats, according to the pollster.
336 seats for BJP, predicts News18-IPSOS survey
According to News18-IPSOS survey, the BJP is likely to win in 336 constituencies, easily surpassing the 272 majority mark.
NDA: 336
Others: 124
UPA: 82
Most exit polls predict clean sweep for BJP, allies
Two exit polls telecast by Times Now gave the NDA 296 and 306 seats, while they projected 126 and 132 for the Congress-led UPA. The CVoter-Republic exit poll has forecast 287 and 128 seats for the NDA and UPA respectively.
Neta-News X predicted that the National Democratic Alliance could fall short of the majority and win 242 seats. It gave the UPA 164 seats. An exit poll on News 18 forecast that the NDA will win 292-312 seats while it gave 62-72 seats for the UPA.
NDA to emerge victorious in Maharashtra
The Republic C-Voter exit poll survey gives 19 seats to BJP and 15 seats to Shiv Sena. Meanwhile, the survey has predicted 8 seats for the Congress along with 6 seats from NCP which is in alliance with the former.
Maharashtra Exit Poll Results 2019 Latest Update
Shiv Sena, BJP likely to remain largest alliance in Maharashtra, says ABP Exit Poll survey
The Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena combine will manage to win only 34 seats in the politically important state of Maharashtra. The Congress and NCP will be restricted to 14 seats, said the ABP exit poll survey.
NDA 34
UPA 14
Others 0
Phase 1, 2 and 3
NDA: 162-166
UPA: 54-58
Others: 79-82
302 seats went to polls in the first three phases.
Source: News18 IPSOS Exit Poll
Phase 1 and 2
NDA: 89-96
UPA: 38-42
Others: 51-56
Source: News18 IPSOS Exit Poll
Maharashtra
BJP-Shiv Sena: 36
Congress-NCP: 11
Others: 1
Source: Regional and national channels
Lok Sabha Exit Poll Results 2019 Latest Update
First phase News18-IPSOS data at a glance
UPA 4-7
NDA 38-42
Others 44-46
91 seats went to polls in the first phase.
Lok Sabha Exit Poll Results 2019 Latest Update
EC says voting concludes across 542 seats; Lok Sabha predictions to be out shortly
At a press conference, the Election Commission said that polling has concluded in 542 parliamentary constituencies across states and Union Territories. This means that the exit poll data will start coming out within the next thirty minutes.
Who are the key candidates?
The key candidates in the fray include Supriya Sule, Nitin Gadkari, Poonam Mahajan, Sujay Vikhe Patil, Sushilkumar Shinde, Prakash Ambedkar, Chandrakant Khaire, Raosaheb Danve Patil and Raju Shetti.
Where and how to watch the exit polls
Various news channels along with other agencies release exit poll results. Some of the channels and agencies are – News18-IPSOS, India Today-Axis, Times Now-CNX, NewsX-Neta, Republic-CVoter, ABP-CSDS and Today’s Chanakya.
When will the exit polls be announced?
After the final phase of Lok Sabha election concludes, exit polls will be released by several media outlets after 6 pm.